High Court of DelhiW.P.(CRL)/2555/2018

Veena Chawla & ORS. v. State Of NCT Of Delhi & ANR.

2018-09-28Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri2 pages

$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2555/2018, CRL.M.A. 30927/2018 VEENA CHAWLA & ORS.

..... Petitioners Through:

Mr. D.P. Singh and Mr. Devansh Arya, Advocates.

Versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Sanjay Lao, ASC for State with Ms.

Hemlata Rawat and Mr.

Siddharth Sidhu, Advocates with SI Amit and SI Ashok Ahalawat, PSVikas Puri.

Mr. Manoranjan Kumar, Advocate for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 28.09.2018 The petitioners seek registration of an FIR against persons who had invested with the husband of petitioner no. 1. According to the Police, the husband committed suicide on 05.10.2017. The suicide note does not blame anyone for the deceased taking his own life, but he does blame market forces such as demonetization and GST for having upset the investments made by him because of which he was unable to return the investments of the respondents.

However, the learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the suicide note does mention respondent no. 2. The learned counsel for respondent no. 2 submits that merely because the investors innocently seeks return of his/her monies, it cannot be considered as a cause for compelling

or abetting a person to commit suicide. The petitioners have an equally efficacious alternate remedy for seeking registration of an FIR under section 156(3) Cr. PC.

In view of the above, the learned counsel for the petitioners does not press the petition at this stage. He seeks liberty to pursue their remedies, as may be available in law.

Nevertheless, the petition shall be considered as representation by the police. It will be duly considered by the DCP concerned. He would interact with the petitioners on 16.10.2018 at 11.30 a.m. Action, as may be taken, shall be intimated to the petitioners within six weeks from today. The petition is disposed off in the above terms. Should the petitioners have any grievance, it will be open to them to take recourse to legal remedies, as may be available in law. NAJMI WAZIRI, J.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 RW